Posted on 02/10/2016 11:21:38 AM PST by GodGunsGuts
I certainly hope so.
EAT IT, GOPe!
Thanks EarTick.
Not to be argumentative, but can you tell me one thing Trump ran on in New Hampshire that Cruz couldn’t have?
Generalities being what they are, Trump has been running on a Conservative platform. If you don’t want to believe him, so be it. The public does, and guess what.
They bought in, in that “socialist” state.
273,127 Votes Republican
249,997 Votes Democrats
You folks are not facing reality... > IMO.
Cruz is going to wipe the floor with Trump in the Bible Belt, just watch.
PS, we win no matter what, nomination or no nomination, because we are building a national movement to take back the Republican Party—the party of Reagan—for conservatism. We are in it to win it, and we are in it to the end.
WE WILL NOT BE DENIED.
Amen!
This must be common core type of logic.
This is getting hilarious.
Trump comes in second in Iowa, his career’s over.
Cruz comes in third and he’s won the nomination.
anyone that goes to church = automatic vote for Cruz
Donald Trump is peddling known lies:
CarsonGate Cover-Up: CNN Fact-Checker Lies About Ted Cruz
Clearly your delusion knows no bounds.
What color is the sun in your world?
Second place moral victories mean it’s your turn to buy.
I have inlaws here in SC who don’t drink or cuss and haven’t missed a day of church in 75 years and they are voting Trump,, they even went to his rally 25 miles away
The same color as your sun, except our shared sun will seem a whole lot brighter to me as Ted Cruz wracks up victory after victory for conservatism.
*They've been posting this cheese all day. Here is another one: "Ted Cruz Might Be The Real Winner In New Hampshire" (VandeKoik, post #24)
* Were number 3, were number 3, were number 3! (JoSixChip, post #27)
Just posted this thread:
Republican Delegate Allocation Rules by State (2016)
My initial comment on that thread was:
What I've noticed thus far on FR is "poster-gunners" gunnin' for highlighting the "splash" of the given state primary victory.
Yet, delegate-wise, 'tis only a handful of state primaries where "winner-takes-all"...
...states like Delaware, Montana, South Dakota, Nebraska, Arizona, Ohio, Florida, & NJ (+ Virgin Islands & one other territory).
While, yes, each primary sends signals as to...
...who has momentum;
who is stagnating;
who isn't resonating at all;
who may be more likely to squeeze few $ out of donors;
and who may seriously consider ending their campaign right now (or after next primary)...
...if you notice from the charts provided at the link [provided in above-mentioned thread], a state "win" isn't as significant as many posters attempt to make it out to be.
Except in those winner-take-all states, delegates are proportionally assigned...tho another dozen states have a "winner takes all" should a given candidate secure a majority of votes.
Hence, Trump's NH win isn't all that "trump-worthy" over the other candidates...& neither was Cruz' in IA.
'Tis a marathon, folks! There's no "win-loss" primary record kept like football & other major sports; indeed, tho, if you're gonna come out as the eventual nominee, you're gonna have to take some states sometime.
With 11% of votes, Cruz is really dreaming that he can win.
Even Goldwater had 26% votes in NH and he lost.
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NH doesn’t pick winners, it picks losers.
In 2012, Mitt Romney
In 2008, Hillary, John McCain
In 2004, John Kerry
In 2000, John McCain, Al Gore
In 1996, Pat Buchanan.
In 1992, Paul Tsongas.
In 1988, Michael Dukakis.
George H. W. Bush was the only winner in the last 30 years!
Not to worry, we will change their minds. No evangelical christian should be voting for Donald Trump.
Maybe try breaking the pills in half.
And you may need to eat something when you take them. Check the label.
“Hence, Trump’s NH win isn’t all that “trump-worthy” over the other candidates...& neither was Cruz’ in IA.
‘Tis a marathon, folks! “
No, you are absolutely correct. These are just two of a long slog.
The thing that is standing out is that Trump phenomenon that we had seen last summer and fall, fully manifested itself in NH yesterday.
NH is a tiny state. And if Trump put a mile-long string of cars on the highway up there in the cold to just vote in a primary, then there is definitely something to his win that may extrapolate into something this nation has never seen compared to the goofy nature of a caucus that left both winners win in doubt.
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